Earth & Climate

An icebreaker takes researchers to a sampling site in an active melt zone in the Arctic Ocean. © Photos courtesy of Zhangxian Ouyang,...

The threatened yellow-bellied toad benefits from puddles in forestry lanes. © Felix Schrell/ University of Hohenheim ...

Reconstruction of the 436 million year old armored fish Xiushanosteus mirabilis. © Heming Zhang if(document.documentElement.clientWidth<=1220){ //var divAdtile1...

The VLT telescope Yepun looks into the southern sky from Cerro Paranal in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. © ESO / G....

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View of different layers of the primeval alga Protocodium sinense. © Cedric Aria if(document.documentElement.clientWidth<=1220){ //var divAdtile1 =...

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Artist's impression of the apparently rather few dinosaurs that lived in what is now central China at the time of the meteorite impact. ...

When wildflowers grow among Miscanthus plants, fuel quality and nature benefit. © Moritz von Cossel, University of Hohenheim ...

This animation shows the structure of the three-dimensional preserved heart and its position in the fossil. © Alice Clement ...

Europe at night: The map was created from images taken with digital cameras from the ISS. Paris is shown in the section. ...

Researchers have studied the importance of the sense of smell in great tit orientation. © Istock/Victor Tyakht ...

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By studying pigeons, researchers have shed further light on the mysteries of bird brains. © Tracielouise/iStock ...

Among other things, the Eisgruben ice cave in Upper Austria was examined as part of the study. © Christoph Spötl ...

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Micrograph of a dividing progenitor cell that gives rise to neurons during brain development. © Pinson et al., Science 2022 / MPI-CBG ...

Electron micrograph of a tardigrade. © 2022 S Tanaka, H Sagara, T Kunieda if(document.documentElement.clientWidth<=1220){ //var divAdtile1 =...

Larvae and adult Lagria beetles. © RS Ranke if(document.documentElement.clientWidth<=1220){ //var divAdtile1 = document.getElementById("iqadtile1-wrapper"); var divAdtile3 = document.getElementById("iqadtile3-wrapper"); //var divAdtile1Mobile...

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